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PERSONA®

18NOW WITH

PREMIUM COLORS!

MUSICAL TRANSPARENCY, PERSONIFIED.Have you heard? You have, if you’ve listened to the new Paradigm Persona®. You’ve

heard everything you were meant to hear, pure and unadulterated, utterly untouched by

coloration, undertone or the usual speaker-generated chromaticity.

Because the luxurious new Paradigm Persona is engineered to “take on the persona” of

your audio performance, virtually disappearing behind an unprecedented level of realism

and transparency.

Can luxury also be a good value?

We think you will agree that the answer is, unequivocally, yes. Persona is a showcase of

vanguard materials and our most advanced audio technologies at a truly unexpected

price point.

Whether you’re passionate about classic two-channel stereo, or multichannel home theater,

you will find that Persona’s audio performance is not limited by your media, only by

your imagination.

...Shows just what 33 years of R&D can deliver.“

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Alan Sircom, HiFiPlus.com

Since 1982, Paradigm Electronics has been building innovative loudspeakers that deliver

superior performance and value.

The new Persona® Series, from the astounding 9H hybrid tower to the compact Persona B

bookshelf and startling Persona SUB, is the crowning achievement of Paradigm’s design and

engineering history.

Truextent® Pure Beryllium tweeters and midrange drivers with patented PPA™ lenses. Ultra-

high-excursion X-PAL™ anodized aluminum woofer cones. Patented overmolded ART™

surrounds. Cutting-edge handcrafted crossovers of finely calibrated, custom components.

Breathtaking enclosure designs with elegant furniture finishes. Persona reveals audio

uncolored, elemental, and immediate.

An obvious luxury, indeed. And also a classic of Paradigm performance and value.

Experience Persona® at your local Paradigm dealer today.

PERSONA THE UNPRECEDENTED

...[Persona] is loaded with both technology and hardware... equally adept at both ends of the scale... without sounding pinched or

processed or adding too much of itself. This is a serious speaker from a serious company. “

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Roy Gregory, The Audio Beat

THE EVOLUTION OF LUXURY

VERTICAL DESIGN HORIZONTAL DESIGN

R O O M C O R R E C T I O N


PERSONA ®

Appearing from left to right:

PERSONA C (mounted on a B-18C stand) ,

PERSONA B (mounted on a B-29 stand),

PERSONA 5F, PERSONA 9H HYBRID,

PERSONA 7F, PERSONA 3F, PERSONA SUB.

Imagine the best possible driver material, lightweight and stiff. Now meet Beryllium. This rare

mineral is exponentially stiffer and lighter than other premium diaphragm materials. It delivers

superior transient response and transparency, with vanishingly low audible coloration. But

Beryllium is typically found only in the most expensive loudspeakers. Until now.

Persona shatters performance limits by utilizing Truextent® Beryllium in both the tweeter

and midrange driver systems. The delivery of the complete audible spectrum by this

timbre-matched Beryllium driver array is an astonishing aural experience.

BERYLLIUM

SETS PERSONA APART

The beryllium midrange and tweeter sounded as clear as could be, and the

bass was prodigious…[Persona] is going to give some far more expensive

speakers some sleepless nights...“

“

Jeff Fritz, SoundStage! Ultra

CRAFTED IN CANADA FOR A LIFETIME OF PERFORMANCE Completely designed, engineered, and Crafted in Canada, Persona celebrates the technological

abilities of Paradigm engineering, untamed. Its exceptional craftsmanship (and meticulous

attention to detail) makes a bold, beautiful statement. And it features performance innovations

that no other speaker in this class can match.

Compact high-temp voice coils power big impact from high-excursion drivers with

overmolded ART™ surrounds (US Patents D654,479S and 8,340,340B2). This achieves

greater excursion for a 3db gain in output and a 50% reduction in distortion, when

compared to drivers using standard surrounds. Handcrafted crossovers, with colossal

new components, control blending and eliminate anomalies. Gracefully curved and

elegantly finished enclosures are custom-pressed from 7-layers of HDF and viscoelastic

adhesive that is cured with radio-frequency (RF) energy. Each cabinet conceals an

intricate internal bracing system that dampens vibrations and isolates resonances to

eliminate coloration.

To achieve this level of pure performance, we took complete control over processes, materials,

construction and finish, all in our own state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The result is a

loudspeaker that defies convention, and truly changes the paradigm.

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Truextent® Beryllium Midrange Driver

Dual Voice Coils with Kapton Formers and high-excursion Nomex Spiders

Truextent® Beryllium Tweeter

X-PAL™ Anodized Aluminum Woofer Cones with overmolded ART™ surrounds (US Patents D654,479S and 8,340,340B2)

Patented Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) lenses (US Patent 10,003,869)

FEATURES:

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Persona 9H Hybrid

Paradigm’s patented Perforated Phase Aligning (PPA™)

(US Patent 10,003,896) goes beyond traditional phase

plug designs by blocking more sound-degrading,

out-of-phase frequencies all the while protecting the

delicate Beryllium drivers.

CHOOSE YOURPERSONA

PPA™ Lens

Driver Cone

Speaker Base

Rear Metal (9H Only)

Front Baffle

Burnt Orange Metallic

Vermillion Gloss

Laguna Blue Gloss

Desert Gold Metallic

Candy Apple Red

MetallicSaffron Yellow

Metallic

Diamond White Metallic

Parchment Gloss

Seafoam Green Metallic

Taupe Metallic

Blush Metallic

Toffee Metallic

British Racing Green Metallic

Anthracite Metallic

Amethyst Gloss

Dakota Brown Metallic

Merlot Metallic

Viridian Gloss

PREMIUM COLORS** (can be matched to black or silver metal)

Vanta Black Gloss

Aria Blue Metallic

Sonic Silver Metallic

Harmony White Gloss

Carbon Black Gloss

NEW!

STANDARD COLORS*

*Standard finished cabinets may be customized with driver cone (Black or Silver) and PPA lens colour (Black or Silver). Ask your Persona dealer for details.

Grilles can be ordered in Black, Silver or Slate for all Persona Models

(sold separately).

**Six week lead time for Premium colour orders

* DIN 45 500. Indicates -3 dB in a typical listening room. † With typical program source provided the amplifier clips no more than 10% of the time. ‡ Product dimensions include spikes, terminal posts and base.

Design

Crossover

High Frequency Driver

Midrange Driver

Bass / Midrange

Bass Driver

Amplifier

Low Freq. Extension*

Freq. Response (On-Axis)

Freq. Response (30° Off-Axis)

Sensitivity - Room

Sensitivity - Anechoic

Suitable Amp Power Range

Maximum Input Power†

Impedance

Overall Dimensions (h x w x d)‡

Weight (unpacked)

Available Finishes

6-driver, 3-1/2 way hybrid floorstanding with active bass acoustic suspension

3rd order electro-acoustic at 2.4 kHz (tweeter mid), 3rd order

@ 400 Hz (mid/front bass), 2nd order @ 200 Hz (rear bass)

1” (25mm) Truextent® Beryllium dome, ferro-fluid damped/

cooled, Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter Lens, Finite

Element Analysis (FEA) optimized pole piece assembly

7” (178mm) Truextent® Beryllium driver with Inverse Differential

Drive Neodymium motor, Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™)

Lens, 1.5” high-temp voice coil

N/A

Four 8-1/2” (215 mm) ultra high-excursion X-PAL™ drivers with Differential Drive motor,

overmolded Active Ridge Technology (ART™) surrounds,

SHOCK-MOUNT™ Isolation Mounting System, 1.5”

high-temp dual voice coil

Each woofer pair is powered by a separate DSP-controlled

700 W RMS amplifier for a total of 1,400 W RMS (2,800 W

Dynamic Peak)

Anthem Room Correction - ARC®, with included

calibrated microphone

15Hz

+/- 2dB from 19Hz - 45kHz


96 dB

93 dB

15-500 Watts

400 Watts

Compatible with 8 ohms

51-3/4” x 11-7/8” x 20-1/2” (132 cm x 30 cm x 52 cm)

190 lbs. (86 kg)

High Gloss: Vanta Black, Harmony White

Metallic Gloss: Aria Blue, Sonic Silver

4-driver, 3 way floorstanding bass reflex

3rd order electro-acoustic at 2.4 kHz (tweeter/mid),

3rd order @ 450 Hz

1” (25mm) Truextent® Beryllium dome, ferro-fluid damped /

cooled, Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter Lens, Finite

Element Analysis (FEA) optimized pole piece assembly




N/A

Two 8-1/2” (215 mm) ultra high-excursion X-PAL™ drivers with Differential Drive motor,

overmolded Active Ridge Technology (ART™)

surrounds, SHOCK-MOUNT™ Isolation Mounting System,

1.5” high-temp dual voice coil

N/A

N/A

18Hz



92 dB

89 dB

15-500 Watts

350 Watts


51-3/4” x 11-7/8” x 20-1/2” (132 cm x 30 cm x 52 cm)

144 lbs. (65 kg)





3rd order @ 450 Hz

1” (25mm) Truextent® Beryllium dome, ferro-fluid damped

/ cooled, Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Tweeter Lens, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) optimized pole piece assembly




N/A

Three 7” (178 mm) high-excursion X-PAL™ drivers, overmolded

Active Ridge Technology (ART™) surrounds, SHOCK-MOUNT™ Isolation Mounting System,

1.5” high-temp tandem voice coil

N/A

N/A

23Hz



93 dB

90 dB

15-500 Watts

300 Watts


46-1/2” x 9-1/2” x 16-7/8” (118.5 cm x 24.1 cm x 42.7 cm)

95 lbs. (43 kg)





3rd order @ 450 Hz






N/A

Two 7” (178 mm) high-excursion X-PAL™ drivers, overmolded



N/A

N/A

24Hz



92 dB

89 dB

15-400 Watts

200 Watts


44-1/8” x 9-1/2” x 16-7/8” (112.6 cm x 24.1 cm x 42.7 cm)

75 lbs. (34 kg)



2-driver, 2 way bookshelf bass reflex

3rd order electro-acoustic at 2 kHz (tweeter/midbass)



N/A

7” (178mm) Truextent® Beryllium driver, Perforated Phase-Aligning (PPA™) Lens, overmolded Active

Ridge Technology (ART™) surrounds, SHOCK-MOUNT™ Isolation Mounting System,


N/A

N/A

N/A

36Hz

+/- 2dB 60Hz - 45kHz


92 dB

89 dB

15-250 Watts

150 Watts


17-1/8” x 8-7/8” x 13” (43.5 cm x 22.5 cm x 33 cm)

31 lbs. (14 kg)



6-driver, 3 way center channel bass reflex

3rd order electro-acoustic at 2.5kHz (tweeter/mid);

3rd order 700Hz





Lens, 1” high-temp voice coil

N/A

Four 7” (178mm) high-excursion X-PAL™ drivers, overmolded



N/A

N/A

24 Hz



93 dB

90 dB

15-500 Watts

250 Watts


10-1/4” x 36” x 16-3/8” (26.3 cm x 91.4 cm x 41.5 cm)

84 lbs. (38 kg)



6-driver, acoustic suspension hexagonal vibration cancelling subwoofer

Low pass crossover: Variable 35 Hz - 150 Hz;

Bypass Option: Variable 0-180 deg phase

N/A

N/A

N/A

Six 8” (203mm) high-excursion X-PAL™ drivers, overmolded Active Ridge

Technology (ART™) surrounds, 1-1/2” (38mm) four-layer long-excursion voice

coils, high-temperature composite Nomex® formers, advanced spiders, 9.2-lb (4.16 kg)

hard ferrite magnet / motor structure, AVS™ die-cast heatsink chassis

1,700 W RMS (3,400 W Dynamic Peak)

Anthem Room Correction - ARC®, with included

calibrated microphone

12Hz

+/- 2dB from 19Hz - 220Hz (by pass option)

+/- 2dB from 19Hz - 220Hz (by pass option)

100 mV (mono)

100 mV (mono)

N/A

N/A

RCA: 10k ohms; XLR: 20k ohms

20-1/2” x 20-1/4” x 18-7/8” (52.5 cm x 51.2 cm x 48 cm)

118 lbs. (53.6 kg)



Persona 9H HYBRID Persona 7F Persona 5F Persona 3F Persona B Persona C Persona SUB

VERTICAL DESIGN HORIZONTAL DESIGN



* DIN 45 500. Indicates -3 dB in a typical listening room. † With typical program source provided the amplifier clips no more than 10% of the time. ‡ Product dimensions include spikes, terminal posts and base.

Paradigm, Persona and ARC are registered trademarks of Paradigm Electronics inc. ART, PPA and X-PAL are trademarks of Paradigm Electronics. Truextent Beryllium is a registered trademark of Materion Brush, Inc.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

Photography by Jason Hartog Photography.

For more information visit paradigm.com

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